Obituaries

Georgia L. Fletcher

Jun 25, 2016

Georgia L. Fletcher, 25, died June 25, 2016, Ellsworth County Medical Center, Ellsworth. Born Dec. 5, 1990 at Great Bend, she was the daughter of Robert Manka.

Georgia married Jessey Fletcher April 26, 2014 at Ellinwood. She was a Registered Nurse. Mrs. Fletcher was a Salina resident. Humble and open-hearted, Georgia loved animals and people, putting others...

Patricia "Pat" Brabander

Jun 23, 2016

Patricia "Pat" Brabander, 64, died June 23, 2016 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. She was born Sept. 8, 1951 at Newton, the daughter of Raymond and Darlene (Proffitt) Striat. She married David W. Brabander April 1, 1991 at Great Bend.

She worked in housekeeping at Central Kansas Medical Center. Mrs. Brabander was a Great Bend resident since...

Dorthy Fletcher

Jun 21, 2016

Dorthy Fletcher, 82, died June 21, 2016 at Great Bend Regional Hospital. She was born May 5, 1934 at Squires, Mo., the daughter of Arthur and Dollie (Morrison) McKnight. She married Bernie Eldon "Jigs" Fletcher June 17, 1950 at Mountain Home, Ark. He died Oct. 16, 1996. A long-time Great Bend resident, Mrs. Fletcher was a retired mail contractor....

Katherine Joan Bailey

Jun 21, 2016

Katherine Joan Bailey, 95, died June 21, 2016 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Nov. 27, 1920 at Huerfano County, Colo., the daughter of Michael and Anna (Soltis) Hudran. She married Arthur L. "Jack" Bailey Nov. 27, 1943 at Pueblo, Colo.  He died May 2, 2007. A homemaker, Mrs. Bailey was a Great Bend resident...

Jay Werth

Jun 20, 2016

Jay Werth, 34, died June 20, 2016 at his home in Great Bend. He was born May 5, 1982 at Great Bend, the son of Arlen and Sheila (Barnes) Werth.

A lifetime Great Bend resident, Jay was a handyman and home renovator by trade, but an artist and a philosopher of permaculture at heart. He had a...

Sr. Cornelia Bock

Jun 20, 2016

Sister Cornelia Bock, 96, died June 20, 2016, in the Dominican Sisters' convent infirmary, Great Bend, Kansas.

Born March 25, 1920, in Anaheim, Calif., as Barbara Belle Bock, Sister Cornelia was the daughter of the late Paul and Barbara (Diefenback) Bock. She entered the Dominican Sisters Community in Great Bend August 30, 1935,...

Laura L. Verna

Jun 20, 2016

Laura L. Verna, 91, died Sunday, June 20, 2016, at Woodhaven Care Center, Ellinwood.  Born Sept. 15, 1924, at West Plains, Mo., she was the daughter of Byrd and Edna (Fry) Ellis.

Laura married Gabriel Verna June 19, 1943 at Pasadena, Calif. She was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Louise Catholic Church, Covina Calif....

Bonnie K. Cutrano

Jun 18, 2016

Bonnie K. Cutrano, 64, died June 18, 2016, at her home in Hutchinson. Born Nov. 23, 1952, in Hays, she was the daughter of Elmer Joseph and Bertille "Berdy" (Meier) Herrman. A resident of Hutchinson since 2006, coming from Great Bend, she was a homemaker.

Survivors include her mother, Bertille "Berdy" Herrman of Great Bend; one son,...

Donald Bert Gordon

Jun 17, 2016

Donald Bert Gordon, 73, died June 17, 2016, at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. Born July 25, 1942, in Great Bend he was the son of Guy and Lucile Irene (Ottinger) Gordon. On Dec. 20, 1980, he married Luz Betty Porras in Great Bend. A lifetime resident of Great Bend he was a case manager for Sunflower Diversified Services,...

Kenneth Morris Warner

Jun 16, 2016

Kenneth Morris Warner, 90, died June 16, 2016 at Almost Home, Inc., in Great Bend. He was born Sept. 21, 1925, the son of  Albert and Mabel (Renken) Warner. He married Rubye Estes Young October 23, 1948 at St. Peter Lutheran Church, St. Louis, Mo.  She died August 5, 2006.

He was an accountant and supervisor for...

Jay Allen Riegel

Jun 10, 2016

Jay Allen Riegel, 59, died June 10, 2016, at Great Bend Regional Hospital. Born Feb. 8, 1957 at Great Bend, he was the son of Jerry M. and Colleen (Fowler) Riegel.

A lifetime Great Bend, KS, resident, Jay was a stone mason and worked for Wal-Mart as a night stockman.

Survivors include one brother, Jeffrey...

Jane Helen Bowyer

Jun 9, 2016

Jane Helen Bowyer, 85, died June 9, 2016, at Leisure Homestead in St. John. Born March 21, 1931, in Ellis, she was the daughter of Fred W. and Aethel (Bruegel) Homburg. On June 5, 1955, she married LaVern George Bowyer at the St. John Lutheran Church in Ellis. He died on Feb. 12, 2006. A Great Bend resident since...

Francis J. "Red" Keenan

Jun 8, 2016

Francis J. Keenan, 88, known as Red, died peacefully on June 8, 2016. Red was born to Frank and Hazel Keenan on Jan. 25, 1928 in Great Bend, KS. He was the oldest of four children.  Beverly Schaub, Kathleen Casey and Thomas Keenan have preceded him in death. Red enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1947 and ws discharged...

Lawrence V. Perez

Jun 6, 2016

Lawrence V. Perez, 61, died June 6, 2016, at his home in Great Bend.  Born May 28, 1955 at Pawnee County, he was the son of Bartolo and Florentina (Viegra) Perez

On Nov. 12, 2002 at Great Bend,he married Starr Elmore. He worked for Walmart as a Floor Tech. Mr. Perez was a Great Bend resident most...

Pauline Marie Oberle

Jun 5, 2016

Pauline M. (Debes) Oberle, 74, died June 5, 2016, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born May 29, 1942, in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of John and Helen (Huslig) Debes. Pauline graduated from Odin High School in 1960. On June 4, 1966 she married James J. Oberle at the Holy Family Catholic...